Lee Breuer and Bob Telson’s “The Gospel at Colonus,” this year’s livelier-than-usual outdoor theater production at the Getty Villa, combines disparate ritual traditions. Ancient Greek tragedy is ...

In reimagining the ancient Greek tragedy, Breuer framed the age-old question of fate versus free will in a modern context. To appreciate the adaptation, and for the sake of context, let us review the ...

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In the beginning there is the sound, irresistible sound. It rises from the throats of 18 singers who've come together under one roof for the express purpose of raising it. Acoustics are what count ...

The Pentecostal setting of the show is anything but gimmicky. It services every facet of Sophocles’ text. The weightiness of appeasing a higher power and parsing out incestuous bloodlines becomes ...

*Let the church say Amen. The “Gospel at Colonus” is in town. ERT is the revenue-producing arm of the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, a stunningly beautiful facility named after the former ...

My advice to anyone going to "The Gospel at Colonus" during its short Skylight Music Theatre run is to not fret about understanding the story. Just let the music and the charismatic voices in this ...

*Ebony Repertory Theatre presents the 30 year reunion of this soul stirring dramatic Musical which takes place within the framework of a Pentecostal church service set against the tragic Greek ...

Can’t catch the live revival of this retelling of “Oedipus at Colonus”? Stream a version with Freeman and Robert Earl Jones, or four more stage-related shows. By Elisabeth Vincentelli Stream it on ...

Davóne Tines leads soul-stirring revival of 'The Gospel at Colonus' Genre Opera powerhouse Davóne Tines takes center stage this summer in a breathtaking new revival of "The Gospel at Colonus" — an ...

Ismene, Oedipus' other daughter, arrives on scene. He is happy to have both on hand but knows that she brings news. Oedipus, blinded by his own hands, has been walking the land with his daughter, ...